...J. Ignacio Criado; J. Ramon Gil-Garcia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue about generation of public value through smart technologies and strategies. The key argument is that smart technologies have the potential to foster co-creation of public services...

...Zsuzsanna Tomor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of local entrepreneurs, embedded in both the civil and the business arena, in creating public value by establishing strategic collaboration around smart technologies. Design/methodology/approach The paper suggests a novel...

... are the factors that generate public value, in the e-government services, through emerging technologies? E-government strategies are important to implement smart technologies and use them for e-government services implementation; the e-government represents an important platform to support smart strategies...